In a condenser microphone having a battery holder and a battery cover therefor, one part is used as a member for grounding the battery cover and as a member for preventing the battery cover from coming off. In a condenser microphone 1 including a microphone housing 2 formed of a metallic cylindrical body; an output connector 4 provided with a predetermined number of terminal pins 43 in a metallic connector sleeve 41; a battery holder 3 provided between the microphone housing 2 and the output connector 4; and a battery cover 5 formed of a metallic cylindrical body for opening/closing the battery holder 3 by sliding, a first ring-shaped groove 41a is formed in the outer peripheral surface of the connector sleeve 41; in the first ring-shaped groove 41a, there is disposed a conductive member 6 consisting of a circular conical tube body in which one end thereof on the battery holder 3 side is in elastic contact with the inner peripheral surface of the battery cover 5, and the other end thereof on the opposite side has a diameter approximately equal to the diameter of the groove bottom of the first ring-shaped groove 41a; and in the inner peripheral surface of the battery cover 5, there is formed a second ring-shaped groove 52 with which the one end of the conductive member 6 increases in diameter and engages.
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1. A condenser microphone comprising:
a microphone housing formed of a metallic cylindrical body having a microphone unit;
an output connector provided with a predetermined number of terminal pins in a metallic connector sleeve;
a battery holder provided between the microphone housing and the output connector; and
a battery cover formed of a metallic cylindrical body for opening and closing the battery holder by sliding,
the battery cover having a length for covering at least a part of the connector sleeve in a state in which the battery holder is closed, and being slid to the output connector side when the battery holder is opened, wherein
a first ring-shaped groove is formed in the outer peripheral surface of a portion covered with the battery cover of the connector sleeve;
in the first ring-shaped groove, there is disposed a conductive member consisting of a circular conical tube body in which one end thereof on the battery holder side has a diameter larger than the inside diameter of the battery cover in a no-load state and is in elastic contact with the inner peripheral surface of the battery cover, and the other end thereof on the opposite side has a diameter approximately equal to the diameter of the groove bottom of the first ring-shaped groove; and
in the inner peripheral surface of the battery cover, there is formed a second ring-shaped groove with which the one end of the conductive member increases in diameter and engages when the battery holder is opened.
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The present application is based on, and claims priority from, Japanese Application Serial Number JP2009-165476, filed Jul. 14, 2009, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
The present invention relates to a condenser microphone. More particularly, it relates to a shield structure in a condenser microphone incorporating a driving battery.
A condenser microphone is provided with a condenser microphone unit (an electrostatic acoustic-electric converter) including a diaphragm and a backplate disposed opposedly, and the output impedance of the condenser microphone unit is very high. Therefore, the condenser microphone unit incorporates an impedance converter for converting impedance to low one. In many cases, as the impedance converter, a field effect transistor (FET) has been used.
Usually, the condenser microphone is used by being connected to a phantom power source via a balanced shielded cable. Therefore, the condenser microphone is provided with an output connector in the rear end part of a microphone housing thereof.
As the output connector, an output connector specified in EIAJ RC-5236 “Latch Lock Type Round Connector for Audio Equipment” is used. This output connector has three terminal pins, No. 1 pin being used as grounding, No. 2 pin as the hot side of signal, and No. 3 pin as the cold side of signal.
As described above, most of the condenser microphones are used by being connected to the phantom power source via the balanced shielded cable. However, the microphone used outdoors frequently, such as a superdirectional gun type condenser microphone, incorporates a battery serving as a driving power source.
In the microphone incorporating a driving battery, a battery holder for accommodating an AA size battery or the like is provided between the microphone housing having the microphone unit and the output connector, and a cylindrical battery cover is slidably put on the battery holder (for example, refer to Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2006-33463).
As measures against noise caused by electromagnetic waves, the microphone housing including the output connector part is required to have high shieldability. However, the battery built-in type condenser microphone has a movable part, the battery cover, as described above, and the grounding thereof is difficult to do, so that a high-frequency current caused by external electromagnetic waves (especially, strong electromagnetic waves emitted from a cellular phone) intrudes into the microphone housing through a contacting part of the movable part and a fixed part, whereby the high-frequency current is detected by the FET, and noise is generated easily.
Therefore, the invention described in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2006-33463 discloses a method in which with the insertion of a plug of a microphone cord (balanced shielded cable) into the output connector, a plate spring comes into contact with the battery cover, thereby making electrical continuity.
However, in this method, since the contacting part is a point contact, a sufficient effect cannot sometimes be achieved in inhibiting the high-frequency and high-output electromagnetic waves emitted from the cellular phone.
The invention described in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2006-2033407 proposes a technique in which a conductive cloth is disposed between the battery cover and a connector sleeve of the output connector to make electrical continuity.
According to this technique, since the battery cover and the connector sleeve of the output connector are in planar contact with each other via the conductive cloth, noise caused by electromagnetic waves can be prevented. However, problems to be solved remain still.
One of the problems is that when the battery is exchanged, the battery cover is slid to the output connector side to open the battery holder, and at this time, if a coming-off preventing device for the battery cover is not provided, the battery cover comes off inadvertently. If the coming-off battery cover collides with a floor surface or the like and is deformed, the battery cover becomes unusable.
Conventionally, therefore, a stopper ring that comes into contact with the end face of the connector sleeve has been provided on the inner peripheral surface of the battery cover to prevent the battery cover from coming off. However, the provision of the stopper ring separately from the conductive cloth increases the number of parts, which is unfavorable in terms of cost. Also, it increases the manpower for assembling work, which is also unfavorable in terms of productivity.
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a condenser microphone having a battery holder and a battery cover (movable part) therefor, in which one part is used as a member for grounding the battery cover and as a member for preventing the battery cover from coming off.
To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a condenser microphone including a microphone housing formed of a metallic cylindrical body having a microphone unit; an output connector provided with a predetermined number of terminal pins in a metallic connector sleeve; a battery holder provided between the microphone housing and the output connector; and a battery cover formed of a metallic cylindrical body for opening/closing the battery holder by sliding, the battery cover having a length for covering at least a part of the connector sleeve in a state in which the battery holder is closed, and being slid to the output connector side when the battery holder is opened, wherein a first ring-shaped groove is formed in the outer peripheral surface of a portion covered with battery cover of the connector sleeve; in the first ring-shaped groove, there is disposed a conductive member consisting of a circular conical tube body in which one end thereof on the battery holder side has a diameter larger than the inside diameter of the battery cover in a no-load state and is in elastic contact with the inner peripheral surface of the battery cover, and the other end thereof on the opposite side has a diameter approximately equal to the diameter of the groove bottom of the first ring-shaped groove; and in the inner peripheral surface of the battery cover, there is formed a second ring-shaped groove with which the one end of the conductive member increases in diameter and engages when the battery holder is open.
In the present invention, it is preferable that at least on one end side of the circular conical tube body, a plurality of slot grooves be formed at predetermined intervals.
According to the present invention, in the first ring-shaped groove formed in the outer peripheral surface of the connector sleeve, there is disposed the conductive member consisting of the circular conical tube body in which one end thereof on the battery holder side has a diameter larger than the inside diameter of the battery cover in a no-load state and is in elastic contact with the inner peripheral surface of the battery cover, and the other end thereof on the opposite side has a diameter approximately equal to the diameter of the groove bottom of the first ring-shaped groove, and in the inner peripheral surface of the battery cover, there is formed the second ring-shaped groove with which the one end of the conductive member increases in diameter and engages when the battery holder is opened. Therefore, in the state in which the battery cover is closed, since the battery cover and the connector sleeve for grounding are connected to each other at many points via the conductive member, a reliable shield against electromagnetic waves is formed around the battery holder.
The circular conical tube body is preferably formed of a plate spring material; however, it may be formed of an elastically deformable synthetic resin plate material the surface of which is metal plated.
When the battery cover is slid to the connector sleeve side to open the battery holder, one end of the conductive member increases in diameter and engages with the second ring-shaped groove of the battery cover to automatically lock the battery cover to prevent coming-off, so that the battery cover does not come off inadvertently.
An embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to
As shown in
Although
The battery holder 3 is made of a synthetic resin, and is provided with a ship's bottom shaped battery accommodating part 31 for accommodating a rod-like battery B such as an AA size battery. On the anode end part 3a side of the battery holder 3, an anode contact 32 consisting of a plate spring is provided, and on the cathode end part 3b side thereof, a cathode contact 33 consisting of a coil spring is provided.
The anode end part 3a of the battery holder 3 is connected to the rear end part of the microphone housing 2 via a connecting cylinder 21. The connecting cylinder 21 is preferably made of a metal, the same material as that of the microphone housing 2, and the front end thereof is inserted in the microphone housing 2 and is screwed.
The anode end part 3a of the battery holder 3 is inserted in the connecting cylinder 21 and is screwed. On the outer peripheral surface on the rear end side of the connecting cylinder 21, external threads 21a are formed.
To the cathode end part 3b of the battery holder 3, the output connector 4 is connected. The output connector 4 is a three-pin type output connector specified in EIAJ RC-5236 “Latch Lock Type Round Connector for Audio Equipment”, and includes a connector sleeve 41 made of a metallic material and a connector main body 42 disposed therein.
The connector main body 42 has a disc-shaped base 42a made of a synthetic resin, and on the base 42a, three terminal pins 43 of No. 1 to No. 3 pins are penetratingly provided. For convenience of drawing the figure, in
The connector main body 42 is fixed in the connector sleeve 41 by a fixing screw (not shown). The No. 1 pin for grounding is electrically connected to the connector sleeve 41 by a predetermined conductive means, and the No. 2 and No. 3 pins are brought into the microphone housing 2 via lead wires (not shown) installed in the battery holder 3.
The battery cover 5 is formed of a metallic cylindrical body having an outside diameter that is substantially the same as the outside diameter of the microphone housing 2. The material of the battery cover 5 is preferably the same as the material of the microphone housing 2.
As shown in
According to the present invention, in the outer peripheral surface of the connector sleeve 41, a first ring-shaped groove 41a having a predetermined depth is formed. In the case where the battery cover 5 has a length for covering a part on the battery holder 3 side of the output connector 4, the first ring-shaped groove 41a is provided in a portion covered by the battery cover 5.
On the inner peripheral surface on the front end side (the left end side in
According to the present invention, a conductive member 6 is disposed in the first ring-shaped groove 41a of the connector sleeve 41. The conductive member 6 has a function of electrically connecting the battery cover 5 to the connector sleeve 41 and a function of serving as a stopper for preventing the battery cover 5 from coming off.
Referring to
The outside diameter φ1 in a no-load state (natural state) on the one end 6a side of the circular conical tube body 61 is larger than the inside diameter φ2 of the battery cover 5. Whereas, the inside diameter on the other end 6b side of the circular conical tube body 61 may be approximately equal to the diameter of the groove bottom of the first ring-shaped groove 41a.
The circular conical tube body 61 is provided with a plurality of slot grooves 62 for ease of elastic deformation. Each of the slot grooves 62 consists of a slit groove formed from one end in the axial direction toward the center. In this example, the slot grooves 62 are formed throughout the entire periphery at equal intervals alternately from both end parts of the body 61.
As shown in
At the actual assembly time, a part of the circular conical tube body 61 is separated into a band plate shape, and the band plate shaped part is wound in the first ring-shaped groove 41a to form a band shape. In this meaning, the body 61 need not be a complete cylindrical body, and may be a C-shaped incomplete cylindrical body having a gap in a part. Also, in the case where a part of the body 61 is wound in the first ring-shaped groove 41a to form a band shape, both ends thereof may be connected to each other with an adhesive tape or the like.
Thereafter, the battery cover 5 is fitted from the rear end (the right end in
In this state, the one end 6a of the circular conical tube body 61 is decreased in diameter by the battery cover 5, and the circular conical tube body 61 is reliably brought into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the battery cover 5 at many points by the rebounding force thereof. Therefore, the battery cover 5 is electrically connected to the connector sleeve 41 on the grounding side integrally, and proper electromagnetic wave shieldability is given to the battery cover 5. Also, play of the battery cover 5 can be kept small.
In order to exchange the battery B, the battery cover 5 is turned in the counterclockwise direction to disengage the internal threads 51 for the external threads 21, and thereafter the battery cover 5 is slid to the output connector 4 side to expose the battery holder 3 as shown in
At this time, if the battery cover 5 is slid to the output connector 4 side than necessary, at a time point when the second ring-shaped groove 52 arrives at the position of the first ring-shaped groove 41a, the one end 6a of the circular conical tube body 61 is increased in diameter by the own restoring force, and intrudes into the second ring-shaped groove 52. Thereby, the battery cover 5 is prevented from coming off
As described above, according to the present invention, by the conductive member 6 consisting of the circular conical tube body 61, having elasticity and conductivity, proper electromagnetic wave shieldability can be given to the battery cover 5, and at the time of battery exchange and the like, the battery cover 5 can be prevented from coming off.
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